Should we just rename this Forum the "University of Chicago Discussion"? Because it's starting to feel that way.

Is this post a joke, they already have an impressive molecular engineering major that is extremely popular with a quantum bent, no ABET needed because it's so high level. These kids work at Fermi and Argonne. The anti UChicago poster is at it again. $100 mil in investment, $50mil for AI already this year.

UChicago's Molecular Engineering (PME) program differs from traditional engineering by replacing rigid, discipline-specific departments (like mechanical or civil) with an interdisciplinary focus on designing technologies at the atomic/molecular level. It targets grand challenges—cancer immunotherapy, quantum technology, and sustainability—through a, flexible curriculum grounded in fundamental science within a liberal arts environment.

Yale is moving in the right direction: New professors in the sciences said it is a particularly exciting time to work at Yale, as the University is expanding and strengthening its departments in the sciences. Computer science professor Dragomir Radev said his course “Natural Language Processing” this spring attracted 155 shoppers, prompting him to move to a room three times bigger than the original.

Radev, who previously taught at Columbia University and the University of Michigan, added that so far he has been impressed with the quality of undergraduate students and the conveniently small size of the campus.

Anonymous wrote:First they need a big donor, like Bloomberg. Their endowment is already behind other T20 schools. Can’t see how they can build an engineering school.

They’d probably get the money. They’ve already gotten a major donation by Mansueto for ai faculty and programming. Engineering brings in money and tends to pay for itself, so it just takes willpower, and people trust Chicago to build strong.

Anonymous wrote:Yale is looking into expansion of its CS engineering program. These elite colleges are smart to adapt. It probably isn't lost on them that a professor in AI/NLP would rather work at UIUC than UChicago, or a professor would rather work at Northeastern than Yale. Just because you are late to the game doesn't mean you can't ramp up and be competitive based on institutional pedigree so long as you make that commitment.

Yale is nowhere near competitive. They’re spending excess on grants for startups by students, but they’ve barely built the infrastructure to actually lead.

First they need a big donor, like Bloomberg. Their endowment is already behind other T20 schools. Can’t see how they can build an engineering school.

Yale is looking into expansion of its CS engineering program. These elite colleges are smart to adapt. It probably isn't lost on them that a professor in AI/NLP would rather work at UIUC than UChicago, or a professor would rather work at Northeastern than Yale. Just because you are late to the game doesn't mean you can't ramp up and be competitive based on institutional pedigree so long as you make that commitment.

Engineering is antithetical to their love of theory

Anonymous wrote:No. What UChicago really needs is a strong bio, life sciences, and medical program, like the ones Hopkins, WashU, Vanderbilt, and Emory have.

If UChicago had even half of Hopkins’ biomedical strength, it would attract a lot more top students, just like Northwestern does.

Biomedical? What are you referring to? you must mean pre-med? Biomedical is a different undergraduate area all together and usually refers to Biomedical Engineering.

No. What UChicago really needs is a strong bio, life sciences, and medical program, like the ones Hopkins, WashU, Vanderbilt, and Emory have.

If UChicago had even half of Hopkins’ biomedical strength, it would attract a lot more top students, just like Northwestern does.

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, Harvard and Yale don't have major engineering programs either and are doing fine.

You can't create a good engineering school out of magic

+1

Yeah, Harvard and Yale don't have major engineering programs either and are doing fine.

You can't create a good engineering school out of magic

Ivies (but for Cornell)are not peers to top Engineering programs either... just sayin.

UChicago should really build a comprehensive engineering school. Their lack of engineering really holds back their potential. They strive to be comparable to the Ivy League, but not having any engineering curriculum prevents them from being a true peer to Ivies and they lose talented students because of it. Even if they established a cross-registration program with Northwestern, similar to the Harvard-MIT model, it would be a huge boost to the school.